US Patent Issued to Covidien on Sept. 22 for "Surgical access device including anchor with ratchet mechanism" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,806, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Surgical access device including anchor with ratchet mechanism" was invented by Kevin Desjardin (Prospect, Conn.), Astley C. Lobo (West Haven, Conn.), Douglas M. Pattison (East Hartford, Conn.) and Christopher A. Tokarz (Torrington, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical access device including a cannula body and an anchor is disclosed. The cannula body includes a housing, and an elongated portion extending distally from the housing. The elongated portion defines a longitudinal axis and defines a channel extending therethrough. The anchor is disposed ...